The Yew pictured here at Wakehurst, UK is one of a number that have survived on sandstone rocks since the early 19th century.
Description: Yew trees are native to Britain and particularly common in England and Wales, where they have been panted in many churchyards. These evergreen trees grow very slowly and live for many hundreds of years.
The growth of a yew is slow and steady and you will benefit from starting a tree off from a garden center, one that already has established a trunk.
Yew-Taxus Family
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The Yew
by Chuck Ware
In this article we will look at the yew and discover some of its potential uses in our bonsai collection.
Yew wood is reddish brown (with whiter sapwood), and is very springy. It was traditionally used to make bows, especially the longbow. Ötzi, the Chalcolithic mummy found in 1991 in the Austrian alps, carried an unfinished longbow made of yew wood.
Yew Podocarp
(Podocarpus Macrophyllus)
Bonsai courtesy of Man Lung Penjing
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YEW:
Taxus species and cultivars
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Chinese yew can be grown indoors and outdoors. It thrives in sunshine but be careful to avoid too much loss of moisture. This can be achieved by giving some shade protection to the soil.
Try Larch, Scots Pine and varieties, Yew or Junipers for starters - naturally small leafed plants like - Cotoneaster Lonicera, if you don't overfeed them, then the leaves won't suddenly enlarge to an unrealistic scale.
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Podocarpus Chinese Yew (Buddhist Pine)
Sageretia Theezans (Chinese Bird Plum)
Serissa Foetida (Tree of a Thousand Stars)
Ulmus Parvifolia (Chinese Elm)
Chinese Pepper Tree.
Carmona Macrophylle (Fukien Tea Tree)
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Podocarpus - Buddhist pine, Chinese yew
General Information: This upright, dense evergreen has pointed, leathery, dark green leaves arranged on stiff, symmetrical branches and works very well as a screen, hedge, strong accent plant, ...
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There are however many other genus with suitable species, among which are: Birch, Beech, Elm, Ginkgo, Hornbeam, Cedar and Yew. Larch also makes a good bonsai, but has a tendency to shed branches for no apparent reason.
dwarf varieties with many long, thin, flexible, even roots
slow growing trees
pine and spruce need little moisture, look attractive
dwarf box, buttonwood, Japanese yew, Chinese juniper, needle juniper, hemlock, cypress, fir ...
Collecting in the wild, he acquired additionally birch, oak, maple, pine (local varieties), fir, yew, Schizandra, hawthorn, linden, wild rosemary and lilac. In Winter, he protects his trees by surrounding them individually with bubble wrap.
They slept in the lilac bushes beside the house; they looked in the kitchen windows; they ate the ivy and the periwinkle; they ate the buds off the apple trees and they wreaked havoc amongst the yew hedges. And they savaged the beautiful red cedar! ...
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